Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Increase UEF Assessment | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that would increase a special assessment for the Uninsured Employers' Fund to 1.5% from 1% to ensure the stability and solvency of the program. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Administrator to Receive Benefit Payments | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would authorize a benefits administrator to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an incompetent person. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes IBR for Contract Disputes | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Billing disputes involving alleged contractual discounts or reductions from California's fee schedule rates would be eligible for administrative review under amendments to a bill introduced in February to promote transparency. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to End Benefits at MMI | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Legislature passed a bill that would allow terminating temporary total disability benefits under certain conditions when an injured worker is released to full duty. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Dairy Worker Charged in $122,000 Scam | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a farmhand who claimed that injuries he sustained while corralling a runaway cow prevented him from working is facing a felony theft charge for not reporting his employment at another farm while he collected more than $122,000 in work c...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Worker's Claims | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment for a defendant seeking dismissal of the Labor Law and product liability claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Fines Timber Company After Illegally Employed Teen's Injury | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined a timber company $114,300 for alleged violations resulting from an illegally employed teenager's industrial injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Claims | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted partial summary judgment on the claims against them but that they were not entitled to summary judgment on their third-party indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims. Case...Read More | |||
